John Farnum was born in Orange county, Vermont, in 1814, and came to Prophetstown in 1837, settling on Washington street, where he still reaides. His farm is one of the best conducted in the county, the neat appearance of his buildings and yards not being counterbalanced by weedy fields and broken-down fences. Mr. Farnum was married to Mrs. Irene Underhill, in 1846. There have been no childten by this marriage, but that has not prevented Mr. and Mrs. Farnum from taking care of those whom death had deprived of their natural protectors, as the. following list will show: Henry Leonard, living in Prophetetown; Maria Pease, living in New York; Julius Kane, living in Prophetwtown ; and Christine Farnum, who married Isaac Cohn Southard, Jr., and lives in Iowa.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
